<?php


/**
 * Base class for authentication processing filters.
 *
 * All authentication processing filters must support serialization.
 *
 * The current request is stored in an associative array. It has the following defined attributes:
 * - 'Attributes'  The attributes of the user.
 * - 'Destination'  Metadata of the destination (SP).
 * - 'Source'  Metadata of the source (IdP).
 *
 * It may also contain other attributes. If an authentication processing filter wishes to store other
 * information in it, it should have a name on the form 'module:filter:attributename', to avoid name
 * collisions.
 *
 * @author Olav Morken, UNINETT AS.
 * @package simpleSAMLphp
 * @version $Id$
 */
abstract class SimpleSAML_Auth_ProcessingFilter {

	/**
	 * Priority of this filter.
	 *
	 * Used when merging IdP and SP processing chains.
	 * The priority can be any integer. The default for most filters is 50. Filters may however
	 * specify their own default, if they typically should be amongst the first or the last filters.
	 *
	 * The prioroty can also be overridden by the user by specifying the '%priority' option.
	 */
	public $priority = 50;


	/**
	 * Constructor for a processing filter.
	 *
	 * Any processing filter which implements its own constructor must call this
	 * constructor first.
	 *
	 * @param array &$config  Configuration for this filter.
	 * @param mixed $reserved  For future use.
	 */
	public function __construct(&$config, $reserved) {
		assert('is_array($config)');

		if(array_key_exists('%priority', $config)) {
			$this->priority = $config['%priority'];
			if(!is_int($this->priority)) {
				throw new Exception('Invalid priority: ' . var_export($this->priority, TRUE));
			}
			unset($config['%priority']);
		}
	}


	/**
	 * Process a request.
	 *
	 * When a filter returns from this function, it is assumed to have completed its task.
	 *
	 * @param array &$request  The request we are currently processing.
	 */
	abstract public function process(&$request);

}

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